Umbrella-rack



(No Model.)

J. PARKER.- UMBRELLA RACK.

No. 465,287. Patented Dec. 15, 1891.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PARKER, OF CLINTON, CONNECTICUT.

U MBRELLA- RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,287, dated December15, 189] Application filed August 19, 1891- Serial No. 403,106. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PARKER, of Clinton, in the county of Middlesexand State of Connecticut,-have invented a new Improvement inUmbrella-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a view in perspective of an umbrella-rack constructed inaccordance with myinvention with a portion of its hinged cover brokenaway; Fig. 2, a view of the device in vertical central section; Fig. 3,a detached broken perspective viewof one of the tiers ofumbrella-holders.

My invention relates to an improvementin umbrella-racks, the objectbeing to produce a cheap, compact, convenient, self-draining devicehaving provision for checking its contents.

With these ends in View my invention consists in an umbrella-rack havingcertain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

As herein shown, the sides of the box A,

forming the frame of the rack, have inclined upper and lower edges,which in this case are parallel with each other, the box being supportedupon two short front legs B B and two longer rear legs 0 O. The box isprovided with an inclined bottom D, constructed at its forward andlowest end wit-h'an opening D, which discharges the water drained fromthe umbrellas into a receptacle placed under the rack to receive it, butnot shown herein. The top of the box is closed by a cover composed oftwo leaves E E, hinged together, the upper edge of the leaf E beinghinged to a flat strip F, secured to the extreme upper edge of the box,which is made square.

As herein shown, the umbrella-holders arranged within the box consist oftubes G, which are arranged in independent horizontal tiers, stepped oneabove the other, the tubes of each tier being supported in thisarrangement by means of two strips 11 and H, between which they aresecured. The strips H are supported at their extreme ends upon smallblocks I, attached to the inner walls of the sides of the box, while thestrips H, which may be formed of tin, are furnished with numbers placeddirectly in front of the tubes for enabling the respective umbrellas tobe identified by checks,which may conveniently be kept in a small box-J,attached to the outside of the rack. Under this construction theindividual tiers of tubes, together with the strips between which theyare secured, may be independently removed from and replaced in the boxforming-the frame of the rack. By stepping these tiers one above theother, the strips H of the several tiers are exposed, so that thenumbersupon them are displayed in a manner to make the finding of any nmbrella a very easy matter.

When the rack is not in use, the cover may be closed and locked; or, ifdesired, sufficient space may be left between the umbrellaholders andthe cover to permit the same to be closed down over the umbrellas.

I am aware that an umbrella-rack having a series of vertically-steppedhorizontal holders is old, and also that a rack having a horizontalseries of numbered umbrella-compartments and constructed to drain thewater from the umbrellas into a common receptacle is old. I do not,however, claim either of these features broadly, but only my improvedconstruction and combination.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is s As a new article of manufacture, anumbrella-rack comprising a box having the side walls of its upper edgesinclined, an inclined bottom constructed with a discharge-opening at itsforward end,a cover to close in its open end, a receptacle for checks, avertically-stepped series of horizontal umbrellaholding tiers,consisting of several verticallyarranged tubes placed side by side, andtwo parallel strips located in parallel vertical planes and having thetubes placed between and secured to them, the rear strip of each tierbeing supported at its ends within the box and the forward strip of eachtier displaying numbers identifying the respective tubes, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN PARKER.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. SEYMOUR, FRED O. EARLE.

